קְטַל qᵉṭal — to kill
Translated in the KJV as slay.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H6991; to kill.
qᵉṭal in each stem
Hithpa'al
Participle (active) 1Infinitive construct 1
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
Pa'el
Infinitive construct 1Perfect (qatal) 1
Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego.
Pe'il
Perfect (qatal) 2
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Pe'al
Participle (active) 1
And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›